Error in php redirect

Question

I have a button:

<form method="post">
<input name="submit" type="submit" class="icon2" value=" " />
</form>

And a redirect with a header using following code:

<?php
$homepage = '/2013/php/nelson-test.php';
$currentpage = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
if(isset($_POST['submit']) && $homepage==$currentpage)
{
header('Location:/2013/php/nelson.php');
}
?>

I used the exactly same code yesterday in a different site and it works (I only changed the links), and now it gives me this error:

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /homez.121/pneuexpo/www/2013/php/nelson-test.**php:1**) in /homez.121/pneuexpo/www/2013/php/nelson-test.php on **line 6**

I don't understand why since in line one I only have the php beginning tag and on line 6 there is only the header. Any ideas?

(BTW the purpose of the button and the header is that when you click the button it redirect to the same page but in English (the page is currently in French))

You might want to read this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8028957/headers-already-sent-by-php — Fabio, Jun 05 '13 at 12:45
`header('Location:/2013/php/nelson.php');` works only when there is no html print out yet. — Modestas Stankevičius, Jun 05 '13 at 12:50
already read it :/ @ModestasStankevičius no,, there is no html code :/ that is why I don't get it — Alpha, Jun 05 '13 at 12:52

GautamD31 · Answer 1 · 2013-06-05T12:48:07.543

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Remove ';' after this

if(isset($_POST['submit']) && $homepage==$currentpage)   //Remove ;
{
    header('Location:/2013/php/nelson.php');
    exit;
}

edited Jun 05 '13 at 12:48

answered Jun 05 '13 at 12:42

GautamD31

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It gets the same, I only put it to see if with that it ill work and forget to take it off, sorry – Alpha Jun 05 '13 at 12:44
+1, also, if the errors saying line 1, make sure there isn't any whitespace or new lines prior to the ` – Phil Cross Jun 05 '13 at 12:46
And one more thing try to put exit after the header line like in my edit – GautamD31 Jun 05 '13 at 12:47

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 05 '13 at 12:51

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try this:

echo("<script>location.href = '/2013/php/nelson.php';</script>");

answered Jun 05 '13 at 12:51

Jay

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 05 '13 at 12:45

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yes that is correct remove ; from it if you put ; then it interprete as a statement and it will raise error, and before header there should not be output on the page.

answered Jun 05 '13 at 12:45

Sagar Rabadiya

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there is no whitespace and it does not have ';' – Alpha Jun 05 '13 at 12:48
remove all white space after php – Sagar Rabadiya Jun 05 '13 at 12:59
still if you cant do it then redirect using javascript echo ''; – Sagar Rabadiya Jun 05 '13 at 12:59
There is no space.. and @jay told to use a script that works – Alpha Jun 05 '13 at 13:00

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 05 '13 at 12:46

as i am gussing your if condition is valid then please add exit

<?php
$homepage = '/2013/php/nelson-test.php';
$currentpage = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
if(isset($_POST['submit']) && $homepage==$currentpage);
{
header('Location:/2013/php/nelson.php');
exit;
}
?>

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 05 '13 at 13:01

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remove all white space after

still if you cant remove error than redirect using javascript as follow

echo '<script type="text/javascript">window.location="nelson.php"</script>';

answered Jun 05 '13 at 13:01

Sagar Rabadiya

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Error in php redirect

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